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<p>A Wyoming legislative committee has voted to support a bill that would require law enforcement to get warrants to use drones to gather evidence in criminal cases. The Wyoming Liberty Group and Wyoming ACLU are both strong supporters of the bill. ACLU Director Linda Burt said restrictions are appropriate.</p><p>“These can be very intrusive means of searches with drones, they can be very small, and they can go into your homes without your knowledge, so we think it’s very important that there should be a warrant for any searches with drones.”</p>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:11:07 +0000Bob Beck64125 at http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgPolice May Need Warrants For DronesYellowstone Officials Worried By Personal Drone Usehttp://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/yellowstone-officials-worried-personal-drone-use
<div><p>Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park have seen a growing number of people operating personal drones inside park territory.</p></div><p>Last week someone crashed their drone into Yellowstone's&nbsp;Grand Prismatic Hot Spring. Park spokesperson Al Nash says the park has struggled to recover the device.</p><p>“So far we haven’t been able to spot it. We are actually considering flying an authorized manned helicopter over it to see if we can spot it from the air.”</p><p>Last week an employee of Grand Teton issued a citation for drone use, a first for that park.</p>Fri, 08 Aug 2014 21:28:23 +0000Miles Bryan62552 at http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgYellowstone Officials Worried By Personal Drone UseWyoming still looking into testing Droneshttp://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/wyoming-still-looking-testing-drones
<p> Wyoming continues to be interested in being a test site for the possible domestic use of drones.&nbsp;</p><p>During a news conference this week, Governor Matt Mead said that Drones are already being tested at Camp Guernsey and he’s excited about the technology aspect of the testing.&nbsp; But Mead is a little more concerned about some legal issues surrounding Drones.<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></p><p>“We wanna make sure in the state of Wyoming, what are the privacy rights?&nbsp; How are these things going to be used?”</p><p></p>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:42:16 +0000Bob Beck46482 at http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgWyoming still looking into testing Drones